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I love food. During my time in Korea, I have been collecting recipes and anecdotes about Korean food. I also have been working on survival techniques for westerners living in Korea. In this journal are recipes for cooking Korean food in Korea or abroad and recipes for recreating western food with Korean ingredients. But mostly, it's about enjoying life.
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Friday, July 14, 2006
(Rest #5) Sloppy Joes at the Smokey Saloon
The hunt for a decent burger in Seoul has led me to the Smokey Saloon in Itaewon. It's to the right behind the Hamilton hotel, underneath Chakraa Indian Restaurant. I went there with the gang on one of my mega-eating tours. I had already eaten a steak and Guiness pie at Gecko's, and the Smokey Saloon was our second stop before taking a taxi to gorge on wings at Sh-wing in Apgujeong.
What made me stop there was the allure of the Sloppy Joe they advertised. Considering the fate of my name, this dish was frequently cooked in my home while growing up, along with the obligational puns. Yet I really like a good Sloppy Joe. I usually eat them face up with a knife and fork. In recent years, I had started garnishing them with cheese and onions.
The Sloppy Joe at the Smokey Saloon is done sandwich style. It's a bit pricey, as most Western food is in Korea. You pay for the burger itself, and fries are a la carte. It's dressed with some melted cheddar and a pickle and tomato on the side.
The sandwich itself was great. The bun was butter grilled, the meat filling had a heavy chili flavor, and the sandwich lived up to its name. It was goopey.
The Smokey Saloon serves other mammoth-sized burgers as well.
This is a burger with BBQ sauce and something else. I forget. It wasn't my burger.
This was another eye popper. Fried onion rings piled high on a thick juicy grilled hunk o' meat.
Those were the best burgers I have had in Korea -- but there's another one that is running pretty close. More on that later.
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